2 Timothy 2:6

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.

Cross References

Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is similar to a farmer who went out early one morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Matthew 25:16

The one with the five talents soon invested the money in business transactions which netted him five more.

Luke 10:2

And He said to them, “There is certainly plenty to harvest, but there are [too] few people to do the work. You should pray to the Lord of the harvest to send [more] workers out into the field to gather His crop.

1 Corinthians 9:23

And everything I do is for the sake of [the work of] the Gospel, so that I may share in its benefits.

2 Timothy 2:7

Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will help you to understand everything.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need to be steadfast so that, after you have done what God wants, you will receive the promise [of an inheritance. See 9:15].

Hebrews 6:7

For God blesses land that has soaked up the rain which has fallen on it, and it produces a profitable crop for those people for whom the land was farmed.